Fine Arts @ DGN Mission

North High School endeavors to provide an enriching, vibrant, multidisciplinary environment for the study, creation, and presentation of the Fine Arts.

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

The Apprentice - Jazz Version

Jazz education has long been delivered in an apprentice/master style, long before the art form became institutionalized. Today, that traditional learning format continues as the D99 student jazz musicians participate in clinics and master classes with the renowned NIU Jazz Ensemble and their director, Dr. Reggie Thomas. Students perform repertoire and are given immediate formative feedback to improve their performance skills and musicianship. Additionally, significant knowledge about jazz music is transferred aurally as it relates to the history of the music.

While the concert will be given at 7 PM tonight, the learning process over the course of the day continues to be significant. Knowledge and skills transferred through immediate formative feedback improves the proficiency of the student musicians in District 99.

Fine Arts Department Philosophy

The philosophy of the North High School Fine Arts Department faculty is to offer students a well-rounded curricular experience that includes exposure to genres of music and art in a wide variety of creative and re-creative settings.

The three program goals that serve as tenets for the North High School Fine Arts Department faculty are:· To provide a productive and cooperative learning environment in which students of various backgrounds and ability levels may learn to achieve outstanding artistic results.· To engage students in a journey toward artistic and personal success at the highest level.· To develop in young people the appreciation, discrimination, analysis, and participation skills necessary to become lifelong consumers of the arts.